Chapter 1497 Dried Potatoes (asking for double monthly votes)
When the fifth elder brother arrived at the front, the ninth elder brother was drinking tea, thinking about the eighth elder brother's reaction.
It’s just a matter of one sentence, so what if I tell myself directly?
If you have to make it awkward, you will go around in circles.
This has been the case since I was a child, and I was really blind and blind before.
The fifth elder brother strode in and said, "Why are you here?"
The ninth elder brother stood up, but did not answer immediately. He waved his hand and dismissed the people at the door, and then he pulled the fifth elder brother to sit down and said, "The eighth elder brother was so busy talking this morning. I heard that Khan Ama executed Aling'a and there was some secret behind it?"
The fifth elder brother glanced at him, hesitant.
"About Lao Shi?"
Brother Jiu immediately thought of it.
When the fifth elder brother saw that he had guessed it, he stopped hiding it and told the old story about Aling and his mother.
There is another mystery behind the transfer of the Duke of Niu Hulu's family in the 25th year of Kangxi's reign.
Brother Jiu listened to it once, thought of the key point, and said, "Are the Faka couple unjustly accused?"
I'm really going to be wronged, can I put things right?
The fifth elder brother shook his head and said: "It's not unfair. He probably has bad intentions."
Brother Jiu hummed softly: "I understand, this is what the book says about the mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole behind."
Mrs. Faka was blown away by the pillow wind. In addition, there was an age difference between the prince and his nephew, the 10th Prince, so Faka still favored the prince.
The fifth elder brother nodded and said: "Yes, they are not good things anyway."
Brother Ninth complained: "It's true, Brother Five, what is there to hide from me?"
The fifth elder brother said: "Then you have to know it yourself and don't expose it in front of Khan Ama. Khan Ama was fooled by Aling and his mother, and she definitely didn't want to mention this bad thing."
Brother Jiu said: "Of course. Not to mention that the Faka couple are not innocent. Even if they are innocent, it's none of my business. How can I stand up for them?"
I just didn't expect that in addition to losing a daughter, the imperial concubine's mother almost gave birth to a third child.
If he were born, he would be Thirteenth Brother or Thirteenth Princess.
If the imperial concubine's mother was still there, the palace would be in a different situation.
The ninth elder brother sighed in his heart and said to the fifth elder brother: "Look, civil strife is so terrible. The decline of a family is either caused by outsiders or caused by internal strife. They are not born from the same mother's womb. What kind of brotherhood is there? It involves titles.
The property is almost the same as that of the enemy!"
The fifth elder brother glared at him and said: "You dare to say anything? How many generations of royal family members have there been in any family with only brothers?"
Brother Jiu curled his lips and forgot about this.
The fifth elder brother asked again: "You have a bad relationship with the tenth elder brother? The eldest brother and the fourth elder brother treat you badly? The third elder brother is annoying, but he has also done his best. The seventh elder brother, the twelfth elder brother, and the thirteenth elder brother
Not to mention them..."
Brother Jiu said "hehe" twice: "It's not the same thing. Isn't this a reminder for you, in case you are confused?"
The fifth elder brother looked at him solemnly and said, "Don't be confused. The eldest brother only wanted the eldest son back then. What happened? Do you think he regretted it? Uncle Wang and the two uncles both had legitimate sons.
But they haven’t stood down yet. Uncle Wang and Uncle Wang still have concubines to choose from, but what about Prince Chun’s palace?”
After saying this, he felt unlucky and said "Bah bah" twice: "I won't talk about this anymore. I know that you and your siblings have a good relationship, but each family should live their own lives and don't interfere in other people's affairs."
"snort?"
Brother Jiu was unconvinced and said: "It's really someone else's business, why am I too lazy to talk about it? I just want to remind you not to make a joke in the future..."
The fifth elder brother did not refute this time and sat there feeling a little worried.
Things are fine in other brothers' houses, the eldest son is the legitimate son, but in my own house and the seventh elder brother's house, there is no real eldest son dispute in the future.
The eldest son of the concubine has entered the study room and grown up with the prince's uncle and cousins. This relationship will be added in the future. It will be many years before the legitimate son grows up and studies. Who knows what the regulations will be when the time comes.
When it was time to eat, the fifth elder brother asked someone to set the meal in front.
On the table are chicken, duck and pork, and the staple food is a bowl of old yellow rice with Jiang Bean in it.
It's new rice that came out this year, and it doesn't have the taste of cellaring. Brother Jiu ate half a bowl and said, "This is from Zhuangzi? How is the harvest this year?"
The fifth elder brother said: "If it's less than 50%, the rent is free."
Brother Jiu asked: "What is replanting or replanting?"
The fifth elder brother was confused and said, "It's flooded in July, so it's too late to plant crops, isn't it?"
Brother Jiu said: "In addition to grain, there are also vegetables, cabbage, radish, etc., or garlic..."
This is the case in Daxing and Tongzhou Zhuangzi. Huangzhuang in Baoding has replanted more varieties, such as persimmons, cucumbers, celery, peppers, cowpeas, etc.
The fifth elder brother frowned and said, "Who can eat those old dishes? Aren't they all a waste?"
After Baal's hard work, he rotted in the ground.
Brother Jiu said proudly: "How could this be wasted? In my pastry shop in Fujin, there is a section of counter dedicated to selling pickles and dried vegetables..."
Speaking of this, he thought of Gao Bin.
Most of the land on the Xianghe River side is also waterlogged, but the potatoes have been harvested in advance.
In this way, after the floods passed and crops were planted, Gao Bin replanted a large number of potatoes in Guan's fields in addition to cabbages and radishes.
I got this batch of potatoes a while ago.
However, it only grew for more than two months, and the harvest was not as large as normal, but it still reached a yield of 900 kilograms per mu.
Three kilograms of potatoes produce one kilogram of dried potatoes, and one acre of land yields three hundred kilograms of dried potatoes.
Xianghe County has already prepared dried potatoes for relief next spring, so there is no need to ask for food relief at that time.
The ninth elder brother said to the fifth elder brother: "After three years of taking the exam, Gao Bin will be promoted..."
The fifth elder brother's focus was on other things, and asked: "Can potatoes be used as food?"
Brother Jiu said: "Have you ever had a potato feast? It's like taro. Whether it tastes good or not is another matter. Anyway, it can fill you up."
The fifth elder brother said: "Then this one is no less good than that corn, it can also be regarded as a good grain seed."
Brother Jiu thought for a while and said: "Let's replace rice with vegetables. When there is food, no one would like to eat that. When there is no food, it is better than wheat bran and rice bran."
When Gao Bin sent people over to deliver Mid-Autumn Festival gifts, he brought two bags of dried potatoes.
Shu Shu asked the dining room to cook it. One portion was roasted with pork belly, and the other portion was steamed directly.
The ones with added meat are full of juice and delicious; the ones steamed directly have a passable taste, but some heartburn.
The fifth elder brother said: "That's great. Khan Amma will be happy. If other places in Zhili are hit by disasters in the future, just follow the instructions of Xianghe. There is no need for the court to prepare food relief, and the place will be stable."
You know, every time there is a flood or drought in Zhili, the local officials are as if they are facing a formidable enemy and dare not slack off. This is because if the victims cannot be comforted, they will leave their hometowns to beg and become refugees. The capital is their only direction.
Brother Jiu hummed softly: "I really don't know what the Ministry of Revenue and those county magistrates are doing for food. Such a good thing has been grown in Huangzhuang for decades, but no one has discovered how good it is!"
If it weren't for Fujin's own family, these two excellent varieties would still be unknown today.
If a woman could be granted a title, after her family's several achievements in Fujin, she would probably become an uncle.
The fifth elder brother praised: "You are not bad, and your brothers and sisters are also good. I have taught you well."
Brother Ninth said angrily: "Brother Five really can't speak. Can't we two like each other join hands and make progress together?"
The fifth elder brother glanced at the ninth elder brother's face.
You have a big face, don’t you have any idea?
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Qianqing Palace, Xinuang Pavilion.
Kangxi was also having a meal, and there were two unfamiliar dishes on the table. They were the dried potatoes that the governor of Shuntian Prefecture had served yesterday.
Yesterday, Kangxi was upset and angry, so he put the book aside.
This morning when he saw the dried potatoes mentioned above, he was very concerned about it. Knowing that Fu Yin also bought dried potatoes, he ordered the imperial kitchen to make it.
Either it is cooked carefully, or it is simply eaten, one is steamed without adding oil or salt as a rice substitute, the other is boiled with less oil and salt and served as a dish.
Kangxi was not the kind of emperor who knew nothing about the world. Over the years, he traveled around the country, visited disaster areas in person, and saw the food provided to the victims.
Therefore, for today's lunch, he ate tasteless dried potatoes, but he was very happy.
Compared with ordinary coarse grains, this one tastes like refined grains.
Also, these are dried potatoes, which are more beneficial when eaten.
He took his son to dig potatoes last year, and he also knew that in addition to the roots and stems, there are also a lot of potato leaves and vines on them. After they are dried, they can be fed to pigs and chickens, and nothing is wasted.
I used to think that corn would be the main product and there would be no rush to promote potatoes, but now I see that in places with rivers and rivers that are prone to flooding, potatoes can also be promoted in advance.
If the dozen or so counties in Zhili that were affected by the disaster this year were like Xianghe and could prepare dried potatoes, it would be a worry-free situation.
When the dining table was removed, Kangxi took the note from Shuntian Prefecture Yin and wrote a written reply...
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After coming out of Wubeile Mansion, Brother Ninth went directly back to Beiguanfang, but instead of going home, he went to the Tenth Prince's Mansion first.
He won't be secretive like Fifth Brother.
Lao Shi's recklessness is only for others to see, but he is actually a man with good intentions.
Even if he knew that Niu Hulu's family was fighting and killing the imperial concubine, the tenth prince would not move lightly.
After all, neither the mantis nor the oriole at that time ended well.
The reaction of the tenth elder brother was almost as expected by the ninth elder brother.
He said: "I always felt that Faqa's title was lost inexplicably before, and Aling'a was too afraid of Faqa. If the cause and effect are all smooth, we can sort it out..."
You must know that when Aling'a revealed Faka's affair in front of the imperial concubine, Faka's title had been lost for eight years, and Aling'a had been a first-class duke for eight years and was promoted to minister.
However, if the family scandal had to be publicized, the possibility of Faka's recovery was cut off, and Aling'a's reputation was ruined, and he was dismissed from office for half a year.
Brother Jiu, however, loved to hold grudges and said: "Faqa lost his title, but he and the Hesheli family are still fine. They live in a big courtyard and have servants to use it. There is no shortage of property in their name. If the prince comes to the throne,
Even if you don't even think about it, you can find out what happened before and use it to reward your merits."
Brother Ten said: "It is better to let him live and watch the people in the next room grow up. The father and son in their room are the only ones who are white. It is better than letting him die."
When E Niang entered the palace, Faka was already a teenager. Can the relationship between sister and brother for more than ten years not compare to the pillow style?
Niu Hulu's family is already a first-class prince, extremely wealthy, yet he can be deceived by others into siding with the prince, which is extremely stupid. This prince is not unjust...